Islamabad attack: Guard who accidentally shot Judge Rafaqat Awan sent on 3-day physical remand

On Mar 6, interior minister revealed in NA that Judge Awan was accidentally shot by his own guard during the attack.

ISLAMABAD: An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) sent the guard who accidentally shot Additional Sessions Judge Rafaqat Ahmed Awan  on a three-day physical remand, Express News reported on Friday.

The incident took place during the gun-and-suicide attack at the Islamabad district courts premises

ATC Judge Atiqur Rehman gave the order and the guard was taken into police custody.

On March 3, two suicide bombers and their armed accomplices had attacked the compound, leaving 12 people dead and injuring over two dozen others.

Three days later, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan had revealed in the National Assembly that Judge Awan, who was believed to be killed by terrorists in the attack was actually hit by the bullets of his own guard.

Elaborating the findings, the minister had said that when the terrorists started indiscriminate shooting outside the premises of the district courts, Judge Awan and his staff members, including the armed guard, had left the courtroom and taken refuge in the judge’s chamber.

But when the suicide blast took place 50 metres away from the judge’s office, the guard had inadvertently pulled the trigger of his 9mm pistol and three bullets hit Judge Awan.

The guard himself had confessed to the incident.